Peel Engineering Company
The Peel Engineering Company was a manufacturing company based in
Description and history
The sports fairings were recognisable for their styling with integral 'blisters' enclosing the handlebar-ends and rider's hands, and were available for racing, named Mountain Mile, with a similar sports-style for road use incorporating a distinctive, large rectangular
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The company built an experimental hovercraft design in 1961 powered by a 500 cc Triumph engine.[4]
In 1965, Peels arranged for all fairing production to be transferred under licence to Mike Ivory of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Prototype and development work continued in the Isle of Man.[5]
Peel Engineering developed the
A limited-run Peel Manxkart go-kart was also produced.
The
The Peel Engineering Company referred to in this article later became Peel Engineering Ltd. Originally launched in 1965, it dissolved in 1974 and the brand relaunched in 2010.
See also
References
- ^ The small car with the big reputation, bbc.co.uk, 29 March 2008, retrieved 9 December 2011
- ^ Motor Cycle, 23 September 1965, Advert p.18 Peel Race-Bred Fairings. TT Tourer, 707 Sports, Mountain Mile Sports, 351 Dallow Road Luton Beds. Accessed and added 2014-10-26
- ^ Motor Sport Magazine archive, October 1976, p. 54 A visit to Cibié Retrieved 26 October 2014
- ^ "I.o.M. Hovercraft". The Motor Cycle. 106 (3007). Coventry: Illife Specialist Publications Ltd.: 119 26 January 1961.
- ^ Motor Cycle, 23 September 1965, p.433 Brighton Show. Accessed and added 2014-10-26
- ^ "Manxcar - Peel Cars". www.peelcars.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "P-1000 - Peel Cars". www.peelcars.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
External links
- Website of a UK company that produces replicas of some of the original Peel cars
- Owners' club website for owners of original & reproductions of the Peel cars